Gionee Elife S5.5 price, review: The specs of the $374 Gionee Elife S5.5 handset include a 5.5mm-thick body and an octa-core processor, officially making it the world’s slimmest smartphone. The unit also now has Android 4.4 KitKat available, the update intended to solve the battery heating issue.

Under the hood, the Gionee Elife S5.5 has 2GB of RAM and a 1.7GHz procesor.

The Gionee Elife S5.5 was announced at a price of $374, but actual pricing of the unit will vary in India once the unit is unveiled in the country on March 31. The Gionee smartphone will be available in at least 40 countries and consumers will have an option to get the 4G LTE version of the device, which will be available on June 2014.

The Gionee Elife S5.5 is a single-SIM handset and runs the Amigo UI on top of its Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, NDTV reported. Specs of the unit include a 5-inch display, the resolution and display quality of which is still unknown. Camera features of the handset include a 13-megapixel shooter with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front camera available for video calls.

Inbuilt storage for the Gionee Elife S5.5 is 16GB and no memory expansion is available. Battery for the smartphone is a 2300 mAh battery that is also seen on the flagship, Elife E7.

Dimensions of the device is 45.1x70.2x5.55mm and it weighs 130 grams. It’s 5.5mm thickness probably makes it as one of the slimmest smartphone in the world.

Connectivity options for the unit include 3G, Wi-Fi, 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, and USB OTG. The Gionee Elife S5.5 is available in black, white, pink, blue and purple.

Gionee Communication Equipment Co. of China is the manufacturer of the Gionee Elife S5.5 and below is a short summary of the company as seen on their website:

"Gionee Communication Equipment Co. Ltd was founded on September 2002 and is now the world's top 10 mobile manufacture. It is a high tech enterprise that focuses on the R&D, production and sales of cellular mobile devices. Our management team advocates for a scientific and standardized enterprise management mode, with a strong sense of innovation. The constant pursuit for professionalism and innovation is the foundation of sustainable development at Gionee."